Within Our Reach
Ending the Mental Health Crisis
Emmaus, Penn. : Rodale, [2010]
Format: Book
Description: xxvi, 214 pages ; 23 cm
Assesses the current state of mental health, drawing on the author's years of advocacy to reveal the dehumanizing treatment of people with mental illness while profiling improvements that have been initiated.
Contents:
Stigma, prejudice, and discrimination -- The scope of the problem -- Our children : falling through the cracks -- Looking after our elderly -- When disaster strikes -- Doing time for a mental illness -- New research : giving us reason to hope -- Recovery.
Subjects:
Mental health services -- United States.
Psychology, Pathological -- United States.
Mental health services -- United States.
Mental illness -- United States.
Mental health services -- United States.
Psychology, Pathological -- United States.
Mental health services -- United States.
Mental illness -- United States.
ISBN:
9781594868818
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Society Car | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-190) and index.